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points by lastofus 3 days ago | 0 comments

Latinx appears to be on the way out now as well, to be replaced by Latine, for exactly the situation you described. "Latinx" didn't come out of the broader community of native speakers, and was seemingly rejected due to that fact.

[–] mook 3 days ago

… I wish they picked a better word, because I actually misread that as Latrine… definitely not going to be referring to anybody with _that_ at least.

[–] sethammons 3 days ago

"It used to be Shithouse"

[–] kelnos 3 days ago

"It's a good change!"

[–] lakeviewterrace 3 days ago

Both were presumably invented by insufferable white people.

9/10 Latinos would roll their eyes and get back to doing actual work, they don't have time to be offended.

[–] scheme271 3 days ago

Latine comes from South Americans (primarily chileans and argentinians). Whether the people from those countries that came up with it are insufferable white people is up to you.

[–] hbarka 3 days ago

Their World Cup teams are insufferable.